M-Sport and DMACK are to continue their backing of young drivers with next year’s Junior World Rally Championship.

It will follow the familiar arrive-and-drive format which was established by M-Sport as part of the FIA WRC Academy in 2011 and competitors will take to the wheel of identical one-litre EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta R2s, built and maintained by the M-Sport team in Krakow, Poland.

Throughout the past three seasons, the Drive DMACK Fiesta Trophy has seen DMACK provide young drivers with the biggest prize in global rallying – a full seven-round campaign in WRC 2.

For 2017, the company will unveil ungraded versions of its DMACK Grippa range of gravel and asphalt tyres for Junior WRC competitors – all of which have been built in the UK and feature a number of significant performance improvements.

The championship will be contested over six full rounds of the FIA World Rally Championship – starting in Corsica, then Italy, Poland, Finland and Germany before finishing in Spain.

Championship points will be awarded to the top-ten finishers, according to the official FIA championship points-system and an additional point will be on offer for each fastest stage time.

Helping the world’s best young talents make the next step in their careers, DMACK continues into a fourth season of awarding a WRC 2 season at the wheel of M-Sport’s Ford Fiesta R5.

The competitor who has amassed the most points over a combination of both the Tour de Corse and Rally Italia Sardegna will secure two prize drives.

The same is on offer for the winner of Rally Poland and Rally Finland combined, and also for Rallye Deutschland and RACC Rally España combined. A seventh prize drive will then be awarded to the overall championship victor.

The competition is open to drivers born after 1 January 1988, and the £150,000 entry fee includes JWRC Priority Entry, DMACK tyres, fuel, service facilities and rally car rental.

Entries are now open with the initial selection date taking place on 3 February 2017.

Those interested in more information or looking to receive a registration form should contact Ellie Jones (ejones2@m-sport.co.uk).